Para-Actuary

Company:
Aflac Incorporated

Location:

GA, US
Division:
Corporate Actuary
Job

Salary Range: $50,000 - $65,000

This role is hybrid
. You will be expected to report to one of our Aflac offices located in Columbus, GA for at least 60% of the work week. The remaining portion of the work week will be performed from home (within the continental US). Details of this schedule will be discussed with your leadership.

• Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal skills to effectively interact with all levels of the organization
• Intermediate knowledge and skills in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and SQL
• Basic knowledge of accounting principles preferred
• Excellent attention to detail to ensure accuracy
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Para-Actuary Competencies
• Technical Knowledge & Skill – Basic—Performs data analysis, synthesizes it into something meaningful, and develops materials and presentation of findings. Understands data limitations and considers influence of business processes, market segmentation strategies, and industry factors on analysis. Identify, set, and defend actuarial and financial assumptions; develop, enhance, and deliver actuarial and financial models that effectively evaluate risk.
• Project Management – Basic—Can effectively lead projects, including those with cross-functional accountabilities. Highly responsive to dynamic business needs while partnering with other functional or operational areas. Identifies and initiates projects suggested by business needs or strategies and reprioritizes work/seeks resources as necessary.
• Communication – Basic—Understands, listens and explains business issues and potential solutions in a way that results in informed decision making. Proactively and routinely seeks out business partners to provide timely summary of practice area results. Has clear examples of delivering business concepts and messaging, along with presentation skills, to a wide variety of audiences.
• Business Knowledge & Acumen – Basic—Aligns actuarial analysis and findings with the broader goals of the organization. Understands all of Aflac's products and business functions. Looks at problems from the overall business framework, rather than only a technical framework, and links the technical actuarial analysis to the bottom line.
• Delivers Results – Basic—Develops projects, plans, and priorities that are consistent with business initiatives and goals. Consistently achieves results, personally and through others that contribute business value. Develops actions that lead to stated business goals based on actuarial or financial findings.
• Develops Self & Others – Basic—Steps outside actuarial competencies and develops broader business acumen—goes beyond the technical aspect of a problem. Creates valued business partnerships based on consulting advice provided; seeks out opportunities to mentor others. Participates in new and challenging work experiences outside of one's own functional area.
• Influencing – Basic—Interprets business and technical information in a way that influences key decision makers / stakeholders. Drives discussions on meaningful business issues and potential solutions with external partners. Demonstrates the ability to build agreement through composure, commitment, cooperation, and enthusiasm for recommendations— even with difficult messages.
• Makes Effective Decisions – Basic—Provides timely analysis to reach a recommendation, even with incomplete data; not averse to simply approximate an answer. Includes others in decision making as warranted to obtain good input and ensure buy-in for decisions. Evaluates options by considering implications and consequences—makes decisions outside the bounds of “the way it’s always been done.”
• Values Driven – Basic—Interacts with others in a way that gives them confidence in one's intentions. Listens with respect and objectivity even when others' opinions conflict with one's own. Adheres to standards of professional conduct.

• Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics, Business Administration, Statistics, Computer Science, Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• Zero to two…